Bible Verses About "What Happened at the Tower of Babel"
Humanity attempted to build a tower to heaven in united rebellion, so God confused their languages and scattered them across the earth.
Humanity attempted to build a tower to heaven in united rebellion, so God confused their languages and scattered them across the earth.
"And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." — Genesis 11:4 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "What Happened at the Tower of Babel?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."
"Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
"Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth."
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